Fontana Distribution

Fontana Distribution
Industry	Music & entertainment
Genre	Various
Predecessor	Island Trading Co.; Independent Label Sales;
Founded	1980 (as Island Trading Co.); 1989 (as Independent Label Sales); 2004 (as Fontana Distribution);
Founder	Island Records
Defunct	2020
Fate	Folded
Successor	Virgin Music Label & Artist Services/Caroline International
Headquarters	San Francisco, California, United States
Services	Distribution, production, warehousing, marketing, sales, brand partnerships, merchandising, finance, back office
Parent	Universal Music Group
Divisions	Fontana Distribution; Fontana Label Services; Fontana International

Fontana Distribution was a division of San Francisco–based Isolation Network (now owned by the Virgin Music Group unit of the Universal Music Group since 2019). A minority stake of the company was owned by Universal Music until Ingrooves acquired Fontana Distribution from UMG in 2012 to form Ingrooves Fontana.

In 2019, Universal Music Group acquired Fontana's owner, Ingrooves, returning Fontana back to UMG. A year later, Fontana Distribution was folded into Caroline Distribution, acquired in 2013 via Universal’s purchase of EMI, which, another year later, was rebranded as Virgin Music Label & Artist Services.

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